Building Relationships for Success in Sales

SKU: 1221301.0

No one questions that making friends is a good thing. In this workshop, participants will discover that the business of business is making friends, and the business of all sales professionals is making friends and building relationships. Strategic friendships will make or break any business, no matter how big and no matter what kind of market.

Online Learning

If time, location, or anything else is getting in the way of your learning goals, our Online Learning is a flexible, convenient solution. Training is broken into easy-to-follow sessions that you can start, pause, and resume anytime, from anywhere. You’re in control—learn when and where it works best for you.

$199.00

Instructor-Lead Training

Live Training is our most popular format—whether on-site, virtual, or lunch & learn. It’s interactive, engaging, and tailored to your team’s specific needs. From one-day sessions to ongoing series, we customize every experience—no cookie-cutter programs here. With our free customization service, you get exactly what your team needs, not just “close enough.”
A Deeper Look

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this course you can expect to learn about the following.

Learning Objectives

This one-day workshop will teach participants:

  • The benefits of developing a support network of connections.
  • How building relationships can help you develop your business base.
  • How to apply communication techniques to build your network.
  • The key elements in strong working relationships, and how they might put more of these elements in your working relationships.
  • Key interpersonal skills.
What Will Be Covered

COURSE OUTLINE

A breakdown of each session included in this course.

Focusing on Your Customer

To begin, participants will learn what consultative selling (or customer-focused sales) is all about. Participants will also explore the efforts vs. results matrix, and what activities can generate the biggest results for them.

What Influences People in Forming Relationships?

There are seven main things that influence people in forming relationships. During this session, we will cover what those influences are and how participants can ensure they are a positive factor in your relationships.

Disclosure

Joe Luft and Harry Ingraham developed the Johari Window, a way of looking at our self-awareness and our ability to ask feedback of others. We will look at the Johari Window in detail during this session, and how disclosure can help build good relationships.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

One of the most popular books ever written was Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. We will spend this session looking at some of its tips.

Communication Skills for Relationship Selling

The two most basic elements of good communication are asking questions and listening to others. We will cover both skills in depth during this session.

Non-Verbal Messages

Did you know that your words convey only 7% of your message? We’ll discuss what the other 93% is made up of, and how participants can ensure that your body is sending the same message as your words.

Managing the Mingling

During this session, we will discuss some tips on mingling, including ways to remember peoples’ names.

The Handshake

During the important first few minutes of a new relationship, a handshake is usually the only body contact between two people. We will discuss and demonstrate the five key elements of a good handshake.

Small Talk

Being able to small-talk successfully is one of the most crucial skills a businessperson can develop, but it’s also one of the hardest. We’ll discuss some basic do’s and don’ts of small talk.

Networking

Once you have started a network of business associates, how do you organize your contacts? We will answer this question to wrap up the day.